by RLE at MIT | Aug 14, 2008 | News Links
Using a novel system based on molecules that can assemble themselves into precise patterns, MIT researchers have come up with a way of beating size limitations that would otherwise crimp improvements in data-storage media and electronic microchips. «more» Related...
by RLE at MIT | Aug 4, 2008 | Awards, News Links
MIT has been awarded a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a pioneering doctoral-study program in the growing field of quantum information science (QIS), which has evolved rapidly recently with a new influx of ideas from quantum physics...
by RLE at MIT | Aug 4, 2008 | RLE News Articles
Major new grant to unify MIT’s strengths into an interdisciplinary doctoral study program spanning science and engineering The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program, has awarded a...
by RLE at MIT | Jul 11, 2008 | News Links
A new type of solar panel that allows light to pass through it like a pane of glass has been invented by scientists who said that it is 10 times more powerful than conventional methods of producing energy from sunlight. «more» Related Links: New windows double as...
by RLE at MIT | Jul 11, 2008 | News Links
If you think solar is still too expensive, here’s how to get more bang for your solar-cell buck. Take a small solar cell, and slice it into thin slivers. Wrap the slivers around the edges of a slab of glass. Paint the glass with a high-tech, but cheap, dye, which you...
